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' W. J.- KLING LER. REVOLVING AND REGLINING CHAIR.

No. 536,213. Patented Mar. 26,1895.

U ITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM JQKLINGLER, on NEW YORK, N. Y..

REV-OLVlNGi AND RECLINING CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Application filed June 6,1894.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM J. KLINGLER, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city, county, and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Revolving and Reclining Chairs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is especially intended for use with barbers chairs in which the back and arms are hinged together so that the back can be placed at any desiredinclination, and the foot rest is also hinged to the front of the chair so that it can be raised or lowered to place the occupant in a more or less recumbent position. In effecting this object it is important to be able to loosen the parts by one movement of a lever, so that the chair can be inclined and the foot rest raised or lowered, and also the chair can be turned upon a vertical pivot into any desired position horizontally, and by a movement of the lever in the opposite direction the parts can be rigidly clamped so as to avoid the risk of the chair moving while the party is being shaved or otherwise treated.

In carrying out this invention 1 make use of a slide-bar connected at one end with the foot-rest and passing through a slot in the vertical pivot of the chair and adjacent to the pivot pin, and a clamp screw passes through the pivot of the chair for clamping the slidebar and pressing the same against the pivot pin of the chair so as topermanently clamp the pivot and pin together so that the chair cannot turn horizontally, and the slide-bar is held so that the foot-restand the parts connected therewith are firmly kept in the position to which they may be placed, and these operations are all performed by moving the lever end of the clamp screw.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view illustrating a chair to which my improvement is applied. Fig. 2 is a section through the pivot or base of the chair seat. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view representing the pivot, pivot pin, slide-bar and clamp screw.

The chair itself is of any desired characten, Ihave represented a base A'having four legs and a chair seat F, back G and arms H pivoted or hinged together, and links I pivoted to the sides of the chair seat and connected with the arms and extending downwardly and Patent No. 536,213, dated March 26, 1 895. strain. 513,605. (No model.)

receiving the foot-rest K. These parts how ever are only introduced to illustrate the present improvement.

Upon .the' under side of the seat frame a pivot block E is permanently connected, and the same rests upon and passes into the socket D at the center of the chair base A, and this pivot block is tubular, the portion 3 extendingdown into the socket D so that the seat and chair can be revolved upon the base A, the block E'turning in the socket D.

The block E being tubular receives up through the tube the pivot pin 0, the head 2 of which pin is polygonal or longer in one direction than in the other to pass into a socketB which is screwed into a recessat the center of the chair base so as to confine the head 2 of the pivot pin firmly in position and prevent such pivot pin revolving, and this pivot pin extends up into the upper part of the pivot block E and is adjacent to the slot 4 in the pivot block E, and the side of the pivot pin projects slightly into this slot 4, and in this a'link 7, and the length of this slide-bar and its position are such that as the foot-rest is raised the slide-bar L' is drawn forward, and the reverse, and through the pivot block E clamp screw N having a lever handle 6 extending up .at the side of the chair seat. It will now be understood that when the handle 6 is moved in one direction so as to loosen the clamp screw N, the chairis free and the back can be inclined and the foot-rest raised into any desired position as is ordinarily the case in barbers chairs, and at the same time the clamp screw in one direction the chair is renderedrigid, and by moving the handle in the other direction all of the parts of the chair slot or mortise 4 is a slide-bar L, the front end' 7 of which is connected with the foot-restK by adjacent to the side of the slide-bar L is a pivot block E and chair seat can be turned.

are relieved so that the chair can be adjusted in any desired and usual manner, and the parts of this device are strong, cheap to construct, and are not liable to get out of repair, and this improvement can be applied to almost any style of barbers chair now on the market, or it may be used in any ordinary reclining chair, the parts of the pivot alone requiring to be changed to include the present improvements.

The end of the clamp screw N may press directly against the side of the bar L or there may be a clamp plate or head applied to the end of the screw N as usual in clamping devices.

I claim as my invention-' 1. The combination in a revolving and reclining chair having a base and a tubular pivot connected with the chair seat, of a pivot pin carried by the base and within the tubular pivot, means for holding the pivot pin rigidly in position, a slide-bar passing through a slot in the pivot block adjacent to the rigid pivot pin and connected at one end with the foot-rest of the chair, and a clamp screw passing through the pivot block and simultaneously holding the slide-bar and the pivot against the stationary pivotpin, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination in a chair, of a base having a central socket, a chair seat and a tubular pivot block connected with the chair seat and entering into the socket of the base, hinged arms, back and foot-rest connected with the ob airseat, a pivot pin passing through the tubular pivot block, and means for rigidly securing the same to the base of the chair, a slide-bar and link connected with the foot-rest of the chair, the slide-bar passing through a slot or mortise in the pivot block, and a clamp screw and lever handle for firmly holding the slide-bar and pivot block to the rigid pin, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination in a chair, of a base having a central socket, a chair seat and a tubular pivot block connected with the chair seat and entering into the socket of the base, hinged arms, back and foot-rest connected with the chair seat, a pivot pin passing through the tubular pivot block and having a head, a socket for receiving the head permanently connected with the chair base and a slide-bar and link connected with the footrest of the chair, the slide-bar passing through a slot or mortise in the pivot block, and a clamp screw and. lever handle for firmly holding the slide-bar and pivot block to the rigid pivot pin, substantially as set forth.

Signed by me this 1st day of June, 1894.

WM. J. KLINGLER.

Witnesses:

GEO. T. PINCKNEY, A. M. OLIVER. 

